Where?
Where did the first revelation take place?
+200 (What was the first ayah of the second revelation?)
The Cave of Hira
Who was the first person to accept Islam?
Khadija RA
What did many Arabs worship instead of Allah alone?
+300 (Name one idol they worshipped)
Idols
How was Bilal tortured by the Kuffaar?
He was placed in the hot desert with a stone on his chest.
When the Quraysh tried to bring the Muslims back from Abysinnia to Makkkah, What surah did one companion read to the king to teach him about Islam?
+200 (who read the surah?)
Surah Maryam
Some Muslims left Makkah because of persecution and traveled across a sea. Which sea did they cross and where did they go?
They crossed The Red Sea and went to Abyssinia.
Who bought Bilāl رضي الله عنه and freed him for the sake of Allah?
+200 (name the prophets great grandfather)
Abu Bakr RA
What is worshipping other than Allah called, and what is the opposite called?
Shirk, and its opposite is Tawheed
How long did the boycott of Banū Hāshim last?
Around three years.
What happened when the Prophet ﷺ climbed Mount Ṣafā and called Quraysh together?
He warned them and called them to worship Allah alone; Abū Lahab rejected him and insulted him.
In Makkah, where did the early Muslims meet to secretly learn the Qur’an and Islam?
Dar ul Arqam (Arqams house)
Who was the man who recognized that the Prophet ﷺ had received the same type of revelation given to the prophets before him
True or False: Before Islam, the arabs claimed to be upon the religion of Ibrahim and Nuh AS.
False, they claimed to be upon the religion of Ibrahim
What was Quraysh afraid of losing if people accepted Islam? Name 2 things.
Power, wealth and status (position).
What happened during the Night Journey that directly affects Muslims today?
Allah commanded the believers to pray 5 times a day.
When The Prophet went up to the skies on the night of Al-Israa and al-Mi'raaj, he met different prophets in each sky. In which sky did he meet Prophet Ibrahim?
The seventh sky.
Who did The Prophet send to Yathrib to teach the people about Islam
Mus'ab Ibn 'Umayr RA
Name two ways women were treated unfairly before Islam.
Women were seen as property,
they could not inherit,
having female children was disliked
The Prophet ﷺ experienced several major hardships one after another. Name THREE major hardships he experienced between the end of the boycott and the Night Journey.
1. The death of Khadijah.
2. The death of Abu Ṭalib.
3. Rejection and persecution at Ṭa’if
Why was the Second Pledge of al-ʿAqabah more serious than the First Pledge?
The people did not merely pledge to worship Allah and follow the Prophet ﷺ; they pledged to protect and support him and the Muslims as they would protect their own families.
Where did the people of Yathrib make the pledge with The Prophet? Where is this located?
'Aqabah, between Makkah and Mina.
Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthmaan, 'Ali, Talha, Az-Zubair, Sa'eed ibn Zayd, Abu 'Ubaidah, 'Abdurrahman ibn 'Awf, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas
Name three superstitions the Arabs beleived in before Islam
If a bird flew in a certain direction, it meant bad luck (Tiyarah)
Fortune Arrows (Azlām) to decide what was a good plan.
Month of Ṣafar was unlucky.
What was the name of the son, mother and father who were tortured in the early stages of Islam?
+100 (which ones were killed?)
Sumayyah, Yaasir and Ammaar
Put these FOUR events in the correct order:
The first revelation - The boycott - The journey to Ta'if - The night journey